THE TOP 15, BROUGHT TO YOU BY DRAKE & DIERKS
YMCMB/Republic star Drake will once again be #1 on our SPS chart, for the fifth week in a row. However, Capitol Nashville's Dierks Bentley will debut at #1 in sales. Here’s how it looks for our last week in the Black Mold Office. That's right, kids; the HITS cesspool is moving—same ****, different hole.
SPS
1.
Drake (YMCMB/Republic)
150-160k
2.
Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville)
90-100k
3.
Beyoncé (Columbia)
90-100k
4.
Fifth Harmony (SYCO/Epic)
70-80k
5.
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville)
58-63k
6.
Ariana Grande (Republic)
44-48k
7.
Rihanna (Westbury Road/Roc Nation)
41-45k
8.
Adele (XL/Columbia)
31-35k
9.
Meghan Trainor (Epic)
27-31k
10.
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville)
25-28k
11.
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen)
24-27k
12.
Prince (Warner Bros.)
23-26k
13.
Justin Bieber (RBMG/Def Jam)
21-24k
14.
Hamilton (Uptown)
20-23k
15.
Kevin Gates (Bread Winners Association) [Islah]
20-23k
16.
Kevin Gates (Bread Winners Association) [Murder for Hire 2]
19-21k
17.
G-Eazy (RCA)
19-21k
18.
Kanye West (G.O.O.D./Def Jam)
19-21k
SALES
1.
Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville)
80-85k
2.
Beyoncé (Columbia)
70-75k
3.
Fifth Harmony (SYCO/Epic)
50-55k
4.
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville)
47-51k
5.
Drake (YMCMB/Republic)
42-46k
6.
Adele (XL/Columbia)
21-25k
7.
Ariana Grande (Republic)
19-22k
8.
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville)
19-22k
9.
Prince (Warner Bros.)
18-21k
10.
Kevin Gates (Bread Winners Association) [Murder for Hire 2]
17-20k
11.
Thrice (Vanguard)
16-19k
12.
Now 58 (NOW)
14-17k
13.
Meghan Trainor (Epic)
14-17k
14.
Catfish and the Bottlemen (Capitol)
12-15k
15.
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville)
10-13k
NEW RELEASES: THAT'S A RAP, RAPTORS
The week's two biggest debuts, by Capitol Nashville's Dierks Bentley and Epic's Fifth Harmony, are likely to come in at #2 and #3 on next week's Sales Plus Streaming chart behind YMCMB/Republic's streaming colossus, Drake.
Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville)
85-90k SPS, 80-85k albums
Fifth Harmony (Epic)
70-75k SPS, 47-52k albums 
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